Next to Normal

About Next to Normal

A mother struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family. The PBS Great Performances recording of the West End transfer to Wyndham's Theatre (from The Donmar Warehouse) in 2024.

Next to Normal is a 2025 music film directed by Austin Shaw and Michael Longhurst. Caissie Levy appears as Diana Goodman, Jamie Parker as Dan Goodman, Jack Wolfe as Gabe Goodman, and Eleanor Worthington-Cox as Natalie Goodman.

Released in September 2025, it runs 130 minutes. Written by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Shelv files it under affectation, mental illness, depression, and mother. In the United States it streams on BroadwayHD and Broadway HD Amazon Channel.

Dear Evan Hansen, Into the Woods, and Macbeth make useful companions to Next to Normal, all filed under grief and based on play or musical.